Hummus
Recipe by Martin Skec from Berlin, Germany
Ingredients
- 180g dried chickpeas
- 1-3 bael leaves
- 1 medium lemon
- 80g tahini
- 2 garlic clove
- 0.5 tsp. salt
- 0.5 tsp. cumin
- 1 tsp. soda bicarbonate
- 100ml ice cold water
Instructions
- put dried chickpeas into a bowl
- cover with water
- let it soak for 8h or overnight
Cooking
- add soaked chickpeas
- cover with water
- add crushed garlic
- add bael leaf
- add some salt and soda bicarbonate
- bring to a boil
- simmer for 1h
- drain water
- wash them in cold water
Video guide: How to Cook Dried Chickpeas
Removing husks
Option 1
Remove husks, one by one.
Options 2
- fill the pot with water
- rub them gently with your hands inside water
- husks should float to the top
- remove husks from the top
Making hummus
- take blender
- add tahini
- add lemon juice
- add crushed garlic
- blend together until smooth
- add a bit of ice cold water if it’s not smooth
- add chick peas
- add some salt and cumin
- blend a bit
- add more ice cold water to make it smoother
- repeat blending and adding water until you are happy with the consistency